Sessions

Concurrent Session
Working Through Grief: Restoring Employee Productivity After Personal Life Disruptions
W108
In-Person Tuesday 06/13/2023 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM   Add to calendar
Competencies: Business (Behavioral), Interpersonal (Behavioral) | Intended Audience: Mid-Level, Senior-Level, Executive-level
Workplace Application:
Empathy training to re-integrate employees dealing with grief, resulting in improved culture, employee retention, and productivity. 

Unacknowledged or mishandled grief in the workplace not only hurts employee morale and culture but also undermines employee engagement, retention, and harms the financial well-being of your organization. The prevalence and impact of grief on corporate America is profound: One in four employees is grieving at any given time. Over half of employees will consider leaving their job when their employer does not provide support after a loved one's death. Over $113 billion is spent by employers due to reduced productivity and on the job errors from grief. An average of 4 million employees in the American workforce experience the death of a loved one each year. 

Learning Objectives:

  • The problem and prevalence of grief in the workplace.
  • Insights into an employee's grieving brain.
  • The downstream effects of grief on productivity, ROI, absenteeism, and presenteeism.
  • The importance of incorporating both head and heart-based empathetic solutions for responding and interacting with a grieving team member.
  • Proven solutions for executives, CHROs, HR leaders, managers, and care teams on how to support a grieving employee.

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Lisa Cooper Photo
Presenter:
Lisa Cooper, Co-founder,
Workplace Healing
Mindy Corporon Photo
Presenter:
Mindy Corporon, Co-founder,
Workplace Healing